Tag-holder.



S. J. GNEW.

TAG HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. i917.

Lg?. Bamm Mar. 12, 1918.

'l l By m TTRNEYS JONES AGNEW. OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

TAG-HOLDER.

' tion of Letters Patent.

Patented ar. 12, 191%.

Application led September 5, 1917` Serial No. 189,713.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it lmown that I, SAMUEL J. AGNEW, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State ofCalifornia, have invented a 4 detached from, a -pin provided for the tag and holder in a shelf 'on which merchandise `is to be disposed, y

ln the accompanying drawings,`forming part ofthe application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Eall the iiews. l f t i re is a` eective view o my ag holdi1 as it appleali'pon a shelf when it is secured in the front of the shelf;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the tag holder'secured at the top of the shelf;

Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3 3, i

Fig. 1; D

ig. 4 is a section on line 4 4, Fig. 2;

Fi 5 is a plan view of the blank before itis nt.

Referring to the drawings, 6 is a blank,

which is preferably rectangu in shape and which is bent on lines to form a corner. The bent portion 7 is preferably narrow, the width being substantla'lly equal to the width ofthe tagte be used 1n connection therewith. The bent portion 7 of the blank has sideextensions 8 which have depending prongs 9 extendin below the the bent rtion The side extensions 8 are foldab e on lines A-B outpreferably, for indicating the wardly from the main body of the blank. The prongs 9` are bendable rearwardly' on lines l-s-C and form Vstops for a tag 10 which is inserted between the bent side portions 8.

To secure the ta holder to a shelf, the tag holder is provlded with a keyhole 11 in the main bodyand a similar keyhole 11 in thebent ortion 7. The keyhole in the bent portion as the circular opening nearer to the free edge, so that when the main body is engaged with a pin` 12 in the front of the shelf the tag holder is locked tothe shelf. See Fig. 1.

f' To disengage the tag holder from the shelf, it is necessary to move it up to bring the circular part of the keyhole in register with the head of the pin 12. In the main body the keyhole 11 runs transversely, that is, to lock the tag holder to the shelf it is necessary to move it to the left or right, depending on which side the circular part of the keyhole is disposed.

The provision of the keyhole permits a quick and sureengagement of the tag holder with the shelf, and it does not increase materially the cost of manufacture. The tags can be easily andquickly replaced or changed without the necessity of removing the tag holder from its support.

I claim:

A tag holder formed of a blank bent in the shape of a corner iron having a shorter and a longer side, side pieces extending from the shorter side and adapted to be folded over said shorter side so as to ladmit a tag between said side pieces and said shorter side, and prongs extending from said side pieces and bent about the free edge of the shorter side and the rear of same, so as to prevent a tag from dropping outwhen engaged between said side pieces and shorter side of blank, the longer and shorter sides of said blank having keyholes for detachably securing said tag holder.

SAMUEL JONES AGNEW. 

